Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 36 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 36 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jan 21, 2022, 6:17 AM AKST (15:17 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 38 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-01-21 15:17:32 UTC
Depth
18.6 km (11.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.532° N, 163.282° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.2 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
204°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
17

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 173 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.294 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 52 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.926 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 2.092 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 2.593 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.643 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 1.726 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 2.0107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.8116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 1.519 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 1.7110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 3.841 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 1.539 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.296 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.195 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.229 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.829 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
  21. 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 2.743 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  23. 2.778 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 3.7101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 2.030 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  27. 1.884 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 4.8120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.3116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 4.5122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 3.3119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.0112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 3.3117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 4.6117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  36. 4.3120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 3.5119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 2.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
  40. 1.628 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  41. 1.524 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 1.831 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  43. 3.038 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  44. 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 2.5123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  46. 1.929 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  47. 2.9100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  49. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  50. 2.224 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  51. 2.0108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 2.095 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 1.996 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 1.627 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  56. 2.962 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 1.719 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1688 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
  58. 2.561 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1688 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  59. 1.870 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  60. 1.850 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 173.

Before

  1. 2.787 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.786 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 2.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 58 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.540 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 2.5121 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.259 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 187 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.638 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 3.335 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 19 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 2.637 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 20 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.876 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 3.581 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.725 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.090 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.653 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gl29 (also filed as ak022yzbi51). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:57 AM UTC.